I've also never understood Peter Singer - he strikes me as just a grandstanding miserablist. The key sentence is "Health care is a scarce resource, and all scarce resources are rationed in one way or another."
By that definition, housing is rationed, food is rationed, water is rationed "in one way or another" - he's right! Good for him!

Obviously he is just being Mr. Ethics, and would be shocked, shocked to learn that people react differently to the word "rationing" than they do to say, the phrase "we can't afford everything" He gets no pleasure out of sticking a well timed stick into the spokes of the effort to get Americans universal healthcare, oh no, perish the thought.

Ezra,
I saw you tonight on MSNBC with Rachal Maddow and enjoyed your interview with her.
Could you post the link to your response to Sarah Palin's editorial commentary on cap-and-trade?
I can't find it.
I was especially interested in the way you researched her past and found that she had reversed her decisions.
Thanks,
Judy